hound

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. κύων, ὁ or ἡ.

young hound: P. and V. σκύλαξ, ὁ or ἡ.

hound for hunting: V. κύων λάκαινα, ἡ (Sophocles, Ajax 8).

pack of hounds: P. κυνηγέσιον, τό (Xen.).

verb transitive

urge on: P. and V. ἐπικελεύειν, ἐγκελεύειν (Euripides, Cyclops), ἐποτρύνειν, ἐξοτρύνειν, V. ὀτρύνειν, ἐπεγκελεύειν (Euripides, Cyclops), ἐπισείειν, ἐπιθωΰσσειν; see urge on.